Panorama-sight.



No. 815,657. v PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906. A. SWASEY.

PANORAMA SIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1905.

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AMBROSE SVVASEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WARNER & SWASEY COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,- OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PANORAMA-SIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 20, 1906.

Application filed April 12. 1905. Serial F0. 255,169.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, AMBROSE SWASEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Panorama-Sights, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingrdrawings.

his invention is an adaptation ofa wellknown optical principle especially useful as a terrestrial telescope or as a telescopic gunsight, by which an observer located behind a protecting wall or parapet may obtain a telescopic view in all directions similar to the camera obscura, only without changing his position. The instrument includes, essentially, a horizontal tube provided with the usual telescopic eyepiece, a vertical tube containin' the telescopic objective lens and long enou to extend a ove said wall, and a horizonta tube secured upon the outer end of the vertical tube and adapted to turn about the axis thereof, there being reflectors, elther mirrors or reflectlng prlsms, at the outer angles where said vertical tube and horizontal tubes, respectively, jom one another. Insuch an instrument a combined reflecting and refracting rism is placed in the vertical member for t e p ose of inverting the ima e, whereby when t e ima e is again inverted %y 1 appear right side up at the eyepiece.

This invention resides particularly in the mechanical construction and combination of a system of sun and planet and internal gearing,-whereby in conformance with the wellown principles by which the panoramic image is kept ri ht side up at the eyepiece when the upper orizontal member is turned in either direction about the vertical axis the said combined reflecting and refracting prism will be turned in the same direction, but'at half the angular speed.

. tion joins the tube Ais cut awap to mounted in said box and igure 1 is a verticaltrans j-tube the vertical tube, which is rigidly fixed to the member A, and in its lower end the objective lens R is secured.

D represents the upper horizontal tube, which is supported upon the vertical tube and is adapted to turn about the axis of said vertical tube. The inner end of the member A has a vertical tubular projection a, and the outer angle at which this tubular projecpermit the insertion of a reflecting-prism This prism is fitted to seats a and is held in place by a cap a, which is secured over the opening through which said prism is inserted. The

lower end of the vertical tube B screws onto this extension a. The vertical tubeBis made of two parts 6 and b. At the upper end of the art b is a laterally-extended flange 12*. On t e' lower end of the part b is a laterallyextended flange I), having a depending flange b at its outer edge. cured to the flange b formswith it an annular box B for the reception and accommodation of certain operating mechanism to be described. The upper tube D hasa dependdepends a vertical cylindrical flange d, the

parts d and d bein within the box B On the peri hery of the ange d are worm wheel teet d, which are e aged by worm H,

Iravin an operatin knob h on its projectin end. he outer angle of the'part of the tube where it joins with t e depending tube (1 is cut away to permit the in- The flange b being se in tubular projection 11, which screws into a tu e d, which latter tube has at its lower end sertion of a reflectin rism J, which is fitted to seats (1 and is hel n place by a cap-d secured over the opening through which sald prism is inserted.

G represents a reflecting and refracting prism which is rectangular in transverse horizontalsection. Its u 'per and lower faces, however, lie at an ang e of ninety degrees to each other. This rism is fitted into 'a pris'mholder which is This latter tube K is rotatably mounted inthe lower member I; of thetube B, and it has at its upper end a laterally-exed to the upper endof a tended flange k, which projects up into the box B. A ring M is rigidly fastened in the box B beyond the edge of the flange k and is provided with internal gear teeth m. Secured to the flan e 7c is a vertical stud n, on which is mounte a double pinion N, whose upper and smaller portion meshes with the gear-teeth d, and while the lower and larger portion meshes with the gear-teeth m.

By the above arrangement whenever the worm H is operated to turn the member D through the medium of the rigidly-secured tubes (1 d d this turning motion is communicated to the pinion N, which being resisted by the immovable ring M is converted into a forward movement. The traveling pinion, being mounted on the tube K, supporting the prism G, causes these parts to revolve, and the rate of revolution is obviously dependent on the ratio existing between the gears (1 the gears m, and the teeth on the double pinion N. I so arrange these that, as above indicated, the rotation of the prism G takes lace at half the angular velocity of that 0 the tube D.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of a vertical tubular member B, a horizontal tubular member A secured to its lower end, a reflector F at the junction of said tubular members, a tubular member (1 rotatably mounted in the up er end of the member B, a horizontal tubu ar member D secured to the projecting upper end of the rotatable member (1 a reflector J at the junction of said tubular members, a rism-carrier rotatably mounted in the memer B, and a prism G secured therein, with a concentric internal gear fixed to member B,

a concentric external gear fixed to the member d, a double pinion N rotatably mountedon a vertical ax1s carried b the prism-car'- rier and parallel with the axls of the member B, the said double prism N having its larger part in mesh with said internal gear and its smaller part in mesh with said external gear, and means for turning the member (1 relative to the member B.

2. The combination of a vertical tubular member having an enlarged box between its ends, a telescopic objective lens secured in said vertical member, a horizontal tubular member secured to the lower end of said vertical tube and containing the telescopic eyepiece, and a reflecting-prism in the outer angle where said two members join, with a horizontal tubular member upon the up er end of the vertical member and having a spending tube which is rotatably mounted in the vertical member and has an external gear on its AMBROSE SWASEY. Witnesses F. H. RICE, Enw. L. 'FRANTZ. 

